Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao accuses Centre of failing to supply urea to Telangana, leading to fertilizer scarcity.

Koizumi's visit marked the sixth consecutive year of a Cabinet minister visiting the war-related shrine on the anniversary.

Agriculture ministers of Korea, China and Japan held a meeting to discuss food security, animal disease response, sustainable ...

Japan’s agriculture minister has resigned because of political fallout over his comment that he “never had to buy rice” because he got it from supporters as gifts ...

Japan’s agriculture minister has resigned because of political fallout over his comment that he “never had to buy rice” because he got it from supporters as gifts ...

An off-the-cuff remark about never paying for rice has cost Japan’s agriculture minister his job, as pressure mounts on the government to solve the nation’s rice crisis.

Shinjiro Koizumi, agriculture minister of Japan, eats a rice ball during his visit to a rice farm in Sugito, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, on Wednesday, July 9, 2025. Soichiro Koriyama—Getty Images ...